PERSPECTIVESATHLETICS

a seasonal review of the Perspectives Charter Schools Sports Program

CHICAGO | VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1, DEC 2014 | @pcs_athletics

High School
Football
Girls Volleyball
Showcase
High School Cheer
AND

PCA Awards.
Athletics Leadership
Council.
Assistant Director of
Athletics & Programs.

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Perspectives
Athletics
CHICAGO

he Perspectives Charter Schools

football
team finished 3-6
this season
but still
had plenty
to celebrate.
The Warriors
finished 2-3 in their

second season in
the highly competitive Chicago Public
League Illini Prairie
State Conference.
The victories, 27-24
over Harlan and
32-6 over Bogan,
came in the last
two regular-season
games and boosted
PCS into the Public
League playoffs for
the second straight
year and second
time ever.
Senior linemen/
linebackers Marquan Brown and
Reginald Bradfield,

senior wide receiver/defensive back

Nehemiah Israel,
senior lineman
Reagan Cowley,
senior fullbacks/
linebackers JaMichael Nevers and
Javontae Gibson
and junior quarterback/defensive
back Hakeem
Adebimpe led the
way for head coach
Terry Jones, whose
team is made up
of players from all
four Perspectives
high schools.
Perspectives
sophomore team
finished 4-4 under
coach Randle Williams.
Coach Jason
Wises freshman
team was 3-4, in-

Coach Jones leads the Warriors Football team out on the field
for Homecoming 2014 against Hubbard.

cluding an impressive 42-0 victory

over Hubbard. Top
players included
quarterback

Dorsey.

Raekwon Roberts,
running back/tight
end/linebacker
Charles Johnson,
lineman/linebacker
Omarjaye Thorpe
and cornerback/
wide receiver Mike

I cant wait to see

them next year
at the sophomore
level.

We had a great
group of studentathletes, Wise said.

By Barry Temkin

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Volleyball is on
the rise at Perspectives/IIT Math
& Science Academy. Head coach
William Yadrons
team improved
from 1-6 in 2013
to 5-6 this fall and
also played in and
played host to its
first state tournament regional,
which took place
at Perspectives
Auburn Gresham
campus.
The Wolves
prospered off the
court as well. The
teams captains

seniors Kamaria
Rasul, Kameron Sanders
and Janeya Cunninghamwere
finalists for the
prestigious POSSE Scholarship.
Cunningham also
helped develop an
anti-violence documentary film,

I Am for Peace,
which showcased
students living A
Disciplined Life as
a way to combat
the violence they
face in Chicago.
Rasul, the teams
Most Valuable
Player, also was
its assist leader.
Cunningham led
the team in kills,
and sophomore
Nikia Smith was
its top server. Other top performers
included seniors Gloria Scott,
Dawn Rayford
and Brie Miner,

sophomore Jazlynn Williams

and freshman
Jocelyn Haynes.
Our players
bought into our
team mantra, 1
Team, 1 Dream,
Yadron said.
Among the

teams goals for

next season, his
third as its coach,
is to qualify for
the state sectionals despite losing six seniors
from the current
squad.
Our goal is to
maintain our
competitive edge,
Yadron said.
The Perspectives Leadership
Academy/High
School of Technology team had
an excellent 15-5
record, and its

9-2 mark in the

Chicago Public
Schools Blue 2
conference was
good for second place. Head
coach Savannah
Wrights team
also won the PCS
Warrior Invitational.

Top contributors
included three
seniorscaptain
and MVP Crystal
Lackey, Destiny
Williams and
Ahnicia Griffin.
Joslin finished
2-6 but sported a
positive attitude
throughout the
season.
The girls really
improved and
really played as a
team, head coach
Michelle Anderson said. Even if
we didnt come
out with a win,

everyone had fun

and were always
in great spirits.
Top contributors included
two sophomores,
captain Destiny
Garner and MVP
Paige Purtel, junior Chantell Lopez
and senior Jenia

Cooper.
The team became its own little
family, Anderson
added. Everyone
enjoyed being
around each other, they worked
hard, supported
one another
and always had
smiles on their
faces.

By Barry Temkin

Mr. Temkin retired in

2008 from the Chicago
Tribune and volunteers in
the Perspectives Charter
Schools athletic department. He spent his last
20 years at the Tribune
writing a high school
sports column that covered hundreds of schools,
including
Perspectives.

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STUDENT LEADERSHIP.
Perspectives High School of
Technology student-athletes Reginald
Bradfield and Lee Langham were
recently recognized at the Positive
Coaching Alliance-Chicagos 5th
Annual Scholarship and Awards
Dinner.
Although they were not among
the 10 winners of $2,000 college
scholarships, they were among 30
finalists from high schools across
the Chicago metropolitan area who
attended the gala event at the Marriott
hotel in downtown Chicago.

erspectives
football team
had a true
homecoming during
the recently
completed
season.
The team is made
up of student-athletes from all four
PCS high schools,
and for the first
time cheerleaders

from the Auburn

Gresham, Joslin
and MSA campuses came together
for the homecoming game, which
took place against
Hubbard at Stagg
Stadium.
Besides the 60
cheerleaders, the
game also featured a band and
majorettes.
There was a
great building
of school spirit,
Director of Athlet-

ics and Programs

Vinay Mullick said.
The cheerleaders
did a great job of
being one collective unit representing all the high
schools.
There was just
really good participation by fans,
parents, staff and
the community.

Chicago Blackhawks Vice President

and General Manager Stan Bowman
received the Excellence in Sports
Leadership Award, and the Jackie
Robinson West Little League got
the Honor the Game Award for its
performance in last summers Little
League World Series.
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tive Sean Stellato spoke to the

council members
about leadership, controlling
ones own destiny
and overcoming obstacles.
He drew on his
experiences as
a Massachusetts
high school football star, whose
team won a state
championship despite controversy
stemming from a
teachers strike.

Perspectives
Charter Schools
made a good
thing better at its
recent ADL Leadership Council
event.
For the first
time, the mem-

Bradfield and
Langham are
both four-year
multi-sport
athletes.
They made
it as finalists
because they
demonstrated the
principles of the
Positive Coaching
Alliance and are
striving to live A
Disciplined Life as
student-athletes

bers of the individual councils at

the four PCS high
Schools came
together for such
an event, which
took place at the
Auburn Gresham
campus. More
than 50 student-

for Perspectives,
Perspectives
Director of
Athletics and
Programs Vinay
Mullick said.
Its great to
see them both
recognized,
especially for
such a prestigious
award. Its a great
representation of
their work and

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The event
helped them
reflect on what
it means to be
leaders on their
teams and in
their communities and schools
and how better
to incorporate the
principles of A
Disciplined Life.

It was a great
afternoon, PCS
Director of Athathletes took part letics and Programs Vinay
in leadership
activities, focusing Mullick said.
Sean definitely
on the principles
motivated the
of A Disciplined
student-athletes
Life.
to reach higher
National Football and become better people and do
League player
some goal-setting.
representa-

their families
influence and
the influence of
their coaches and
teachers as well.

Tiray Jackson facilitates a lesson in leadership

skills with the A Disciplined Life Athletics
Leadership Council.

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Murdock, Damani
Purham, TyShun
Cornell and Trevon
Walker.

Nicholas
Ullamper

It was a great
season, head coach
Eldridge A. Brown
Jr. said, attributing
much of the success to his players
perseverance.

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Perspectives Middle Academy won

the PCS Middle
School Flag Football
League championship, finishing 3-3
in league play and
2-6 in Chicago Public Schools competition.
Top performers included 8thgraders Robert

The Perspectives/
IIT Math & Science
Academy team
finished 3-2 and
reached the league
championship
game under head
coach Jesse Hardy.
Joslins flag football team was 1-5
under head coach
Jonathan Daniels,
whose top performers included

8th-graders Marlon Young, Ottro

Guibero, Antwan
Thomas and Edward Smith and
7th-grader Mark
Lewis.

6th- and 7th- grade

volleyball team
achieved perfection, finishing with
a 4-0 record. The
8th-grade team
was 2-2.

co-head coaches
Stephanie Madziar
and Bridget Brennan. Courtney
Jones, an 8th-grader, was the team
captain.

The Chicago Youth

Sports Alliance one
again provided
support for the PCS
league.

Top contributors
included 8th-grader LaHanna Giles
and 7th-graders
KeyAndra Coleman
and Keariyon Chappell.

Lanette Glover, an
8th-grader, led

Volleyball

The ladies learned

to come together as
a team and support
one another even
when they were
down, head coach
Emily Farr said.

The Perspectives
MSA Middle School

adds capacity to the

networks initiatives to expand
our after-school
program options,
especially in the
area of academic
enrichment.

fter-school
offerings are
continuing to grow
at Perspectives
Charter Schools,
and Tiray Jacksons contribution
is growing with
them.

athletic coordinator there, has been

named Perspectives first assistant
director of athletics
and programs. He
will work with
all five network
schools.

Jackson, who has

coached several
sports at Joslin and
also been a teacher,
ADL adviser and

Were excited to
have Tiray, Director of Athletics and
Programs Vinay
Mullick said. This

Jacksons duties
will include overseeing eligibility,
game management
and transportation.
Through my
various roles here,
I feel its really
seasoned me to the
type of leadership
and responsibility
associated with this
position, he said.

The Perspectives
Middle Academy
volleyball team
finished 2-5 under

Im always pushing myself to do

great things, and I
want to continually
focus on ways to
do just that for the
Perspectives network, our students
and our neighboring communities.
Jackson stressed
that his goal is to
ensure that students have access
to high-quality
after-school programs, including
athletics.
Successful
programs teach
our kids so many

the way for the

PMA cross country
team, advancing to
the city championship meet under
head coach Megan
Plante.

valuable life skills:

leadership, communication, teamwork, social skills
and so much more,
he said. Its very
important for our
students to have
a healthy balance
between academics
and programs.
I understood
how important
they were for me
growing up and
how it helped me
form a more positive and productive
mindset about myself and about my
direction in life.